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TAP FOR DRAWING KEROSENE FROM CANS, 6:0.

No. 552,408. PgggntedzDeci 31, 1895.

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GEORGE BARNES, OF ALBERT PARK, ASSIGNOR-TO HERBERT CREDGINGTON, OFBENDIGO, VICTORIA.

TAP FOR DRAWING KEROSENE FROM CANS, 84.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,408, dated December31, 1895.

Application filed August 21, 1895. Serial No. 560,018. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE BARNES, journalist, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, residing at No. 187 Albert Road, Albert Park, nearMelbourne, in the British Colony of Victoria, have invented an ImprovedTap to Enable Kerosene or other Liquid to be Readily Withdrawn fromKerosene-Tins or other Similar Receptacles, of which the-following is aspecification.

This invention has been mainly devised for the purpose of enablingkerosene to be more readily drawn off as required from the ordinary tinscontaining it, although it is also applicable for other similarpurposes.

It consists essentially in a tap having provision at its forward end foreither cutting or forcing its way into the tin, and having upon its bodyor main tubular part one or more projecting wings or stops which, afterbeing forced through the tin, will, when the discharge-nozzle is turnedround into its ordinary working position, bear against a solid part ofthe side of the tin, and thus enable the tap to be clamped in positionby means of a screw-' threaded disk working upon a screw-threaded partof the body or main portion of the tap, and having a rubber or otherwasher inserted between it and the side of the tin or other receptacle.

The front end of the tapthat, is the end which first enters the tin-mayeither be pointed so that it may be forced through said tin or it may bemade with a gimletpoint or be provided with a central projecting pin,and at or near the periphery with one or more small cutters, so that ifsaid central pin is forced through the tin and the tap pressed tightlyagainst it and worked round it will cut a hole in the tin sufficientlylarge to allow of the body of the tap following it.

Instead of the projecting wings or stops being rigid they may be securedto springs, so that they can be forced inward into slots formed toreceive them in the casing of the tap when passing through the tin andafterward spring outward so as to engage therewith.

The discharge end of the tap is provided with a screw-plug or othercontrivance whereby the discharge-orifice can be opened or closed asdesired.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a sideelevation of my improved tap for enabling kerosene or other liquid to bereadily withdrawn from kerosene-tins or other similar receptacles andFig. 2 is a vertical central section thereof showing same fitted in theside of a kerosene-tin. Fig. 3 is a similar View to Fig. 1, but showinga slight modification of the forward or piercing end of the tap; andFig. 4 is a section, drawn to a larger scale, of the forward end of thetap, showing it fitted with the spring stops or wings above described.

The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding partsin all the figures.

A represents the body or main part of the tap and B the wings or stopsthereon near its forward end, while 0 represents a disk which is fittedupon a screw-threaded part a of the tap and serves to clamp the side ofthe tin (represented byD in Fig. 2) between the wings or stops B and therubber or other washer c which is inserted between said disk 0 and thetin.

E represents a projecting pin and e small cutters which are providedupon the forward end of the body or casing of the tap, and which enablea hole to be made in the tin of sufficient diameter to allow the body ofthe tap to pass through, while F represents the holes or ports which areformed in said tap to allow the oil or other liquid to escape from thetin or other receptacle when the tap is opened.

In the modifications illustrated in Fig. 3 the forward end of the tap,instead of being provided with a pin and cutter-blades, is merelypointed, as shown at E, to enable it to be driven through the sides ofthe receptacle.

G represents a screwed plug, which is fitted into the discharge end ofthe valvecasing and serves to close the opening leading to the dischcrge or outlet H.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the projecting wings or stops B aresecured upon springs b which normally tend to hold them in theirprojected position, but admit of their being forced inward into slots 6in the casing A when the tap is being pushed into the tin.

The manner of using my improved tap will be readily understood, it beingmerely necessary to slack back the clamping-disk G and to force the pinE on the forward end of the tap through the sides of the tin or otherreceptacle and to turn the tap round a few times so as to cause thecutters e to cut a small disk out of said tin. The tap can then bepushed through the tin, the wings or stops B forming a passage forthemselves in the sides of the opening. \Vhen these wings or stops havepassed through into the tin the tap can be turned down into its normalposition so as to move said wings or stops round opposite to a solidpart of the tin. It then only remains to turn the disk (J so as to jamthe washer c tightly against the tin and thus make a perfectly-ti ghtjoint, when the tap will be securely fixed in position and can be openedor closed as desired by merely unscrewing the plug G.

The modified forms of tap shown in Figs. 3 and 4 are applied and fixedto the tin in substantially the same way except that the pointed end isforced through the tin instead of first cutting a hole for its passage.

Other means than the screw-threaded plug G shown may be employed foropening or closing the valve, as will be well understood. For instancean ordinary plug-tap might be used if preferred.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatWhat I claim is- In combination, the tap having the projecting pin E andthe cutters 6 also on the end of the tap slightly in rear of the pin Ewhereby when the tap is turned the pin E will act as a journal bearingwhile the cutters a cut a circular hole in the can, and the wings I inrear of the cutters extending longitudinally of the tap and projectingfrom the sides thereof beyond the plane in which the cutters 0 work sothat after the hole has been formed by the cutters, the wings may cutinto the edges of the opening, substantially as described.

GEORGE BARNES.

\Vitnesses:

EDWARD WA'rEns, EDWARD \VATERS, Jr.

